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Western music has an interesting position in Indian society. In today's Academic Minute, SUNY Brockport's Natalie Sarrazin explores how Indian youth find western music online, but their culture is making the shift slowly. Sarrazin is an associate professor of ethnomusicology and music education at Brockport. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.

The Academic Minute features professors from top institutions around the country, delving into topics from the serious to the light-hearted, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in the academy.

Climate change is having an impact on the routines of songbirds. In today's Academic Minute, William Jessup University's Michael McGrann looks into how an early arrival of spring in the western U.S. can throw a wrench into the songbird’s mating rituals.